At 6-over, champ Ryan Flynn of Don Bosco said he was "down in the dumps.’’

The Don Bosco junior suffered another setback on the back nine when he posted double-bogeys on the 11th and 12th holes.

Flynn persevered, though, enough to battle back and win the Bergen County Dan Luciano individual golf championship Wednesday at Alpine County Club.

"I pretty much got through adversity," Flynn said after shooting 5-over 77 to finish one shot ahead of the Pascack Hills duo of sophomore Jon Solimano, runner-up via match of cards, and senior Jared Mactas.

Bergen Catholic senior Ryan Rose, the leader at the turn with a 36, shot 80 and finished fourth via a match of cards with River Dell senior Scott Kim.

Indian Hills junior Adam Rosen aced the 180-yard, par-3 16th with a 6-iron. It one-hopped in the hole, and his 81 helped him tie for sixth with Tenafly senior Tim Maloney and Don Bosco sophomore Chris Briggs.

Flynn was in the first of the 11 threesomes — he teed off at 2 p.m. — and he had to wait more than 90 minutes before he was announced the winner. His title was secure after Mactas, in the second-to-last group, missed a downhill 4-footer for par on the 18th.

Flynn played his last six holes at 1-under, sinking a 25-foot birdie on the 13th, and said, "That helped me get back on track."

He was off track after suffering the back-to-back double-bogeys that placed him at 6-over, and he admitted, "After that second double-bogey, I was down in the dumps."

Alpine is one of the toughest courses a golfer will face in a high school career, and Flynn was at 2-over 38 after nine holes. He thought the best he could do after playing a course known for its sloped greens was crack the top five. But as the scores were posted, many were in the 80s.

"Once I saw the kids sliding," Flynn said, "I thought that maybe I could do it."

BRIEFS: Demarest junior Thomas La Morte, medalist at last week’s Bergen Nassar team championship, attended the Luciano, but was unable to play because of a bad back.

Ramsey freshman Ryan Faulkner received a special exemption to the Luciano and shot 87. He did not qualify because he was struck in the head by a golf club at the Nassar. He was on pace to easily qualify via the Nassar before the accident.

"It was the right thing to do," said Chris Brown, the Park Ridge athletic director who oversees Bergen golf.